[3] It was Young's first book and it inaugurated a trilogy under the series title Dust Lands.

[1] Saba lives with her father (her mother is dead), twin brother Lugh, and younger sister Emmi in a wasteland, Silverlake, where laws do not exist.

Saba and her sister eventually escape from Hopetown, the place where the Colosseum is located, with a fellow fighter named Jack and a group of female warriors known as the Free Hawks.

Not only are more plans made to rescue Lugh, but more conflict ensues and a romance develops between Saba and Jack.

[4] The second book in the Dust Lands trilogy, Rebel Heart, was released on 30 October 2012.